Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra

Daniele graduated in Geological Sciences at the Sapienza, University of Rome in 2005 and earned his Ph.D. in Earth Science at the University Alma Mater of Bologna in 2009. He worked as Post-doc in Marine Geology at the CNR-IGAG between 2009 and 2015, and as Research fellow (RTDA) at the Sapienza, University of Rome between 2015 and 2018. Since 2018, he is Researcher at  the CNR-IGAG, and he is presently tenure-track researcher (RTDB) at the Sapienza, University of Rome. He received the National Academic Qualification (ASN) as Associate and Full Professor SSD GEO/02 in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
The research activity is mostly focused on the morpho-bathymetric and seismo-stratigraphic analysis of continental margin and submarine flanks of insular volcanoes, with particular reference to the study of gravity instability processes and associated consequences. He has participated to 45 oceanographic cruises in Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Alboran Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Saguenay Fjord in Canada as well as to several national and international projects.

Training 

• 2005 Degree in Geological Sciences (cum laude) at the Sapienza, University of Rome
• 2009 PhD in Earth Sciences at the University Alma Mater of Bologna

 
Professional experience

• 2009-2015: Post-doc in Marine Geology at the CNR-IGAG
• 2015-2018: Research fellow (RTDA) at the Sapienza, University of Rome
• 2018 – ongoing: Researcher at  the CNR-IGAG
• 2020-ongoing: tenure-track researcher (RTDB) at the Sapienza, University of Rome

Research Topics

1. Gravity Instability processes along continental margin and flanks of insular volcanoes 
2. Morpho-bathymetric monitoring of submarine flanks of active volcanoes
3. Assessment of vertical movements in volcanic islands through the use of submarine markers of paleo sea-levels 
4. Hyperpycnal flows and upper-flow regime bedforms in marine environment
5. Morpho-sedimentary study of shelf-incising canyon, with implications on the associated geohazard and transport into the deep sea of litter
6. Morpho-sedimentary study of contourite and internal waves deposits 

 
Study areas
Calabrian and Sicilian continental margin, Aeolian and Pontine archipelagos, Pantelleria, Azores and Madeira archipelagos

Active Research Project 

• 2021-2023 – Project Geoarcheo: Development of innovative methodologies and services for the touristic use of  terrestrial and marine geo-archeo sites terrestri e marini
• 2020-2022 - EMODnet Bathymetry: Realization of  Digital Terrain Models of the italian Seas 
• 2021-2023 – Pantelleria Park  agreement: Multidisciplinary study for the biodiversity conservation of the Bagno dell’Acqua Lake at Pantelleria
• 2019/2022 - DPC/CNR-IGAG agreement: WP1 and WP2 Leader for the morpho-bathymetric monitoring of the NW Stromboli flank and definition of a methodology for the assessment of the tsunamigenic potential associated with  submarine landslides on the Italian Seas. 

    
Editorial Activities

• 2018- ongoing Member of Editorial Board of the Journal Marine Science and Engineering
• 2017-ongoing Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences
• 2017 Guest editor (Antonioli F, Anzidei M, Casalbore D, Lo Presti V) of the volume “Progress in Quaternary coastal and marine studies in Central Mediterranean” printed on Quaternary International
• 2009 Co-editor (Chiocci FL, Ridente D, Casalbore D, Bosman A, 2009) of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Seafloor Mapping for Geohazard Assessment published on “Rendiconti online”, vol 7, ISSN 2035-8008
• 2019 Co-Chairof the 34 IAS Meeting and coordination of  editorial activity associated with the  congress (abstract book, field-trip guidebook)
• 2009-ongoing: Reviewer for the following journals: Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth), Marine Geology, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Marine Geophysical Research, Italian Journal of Geosciences, Journal of Integrated Coastal Management, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, International Journal of Earth Sciences, Geological Society of London, Deep-Sea Research, Geosciences, Sedimentology, Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary
• 2009-ongoing Reviewer for the CNR oceanographic cruises and urgency grants proposal of the NERC (Natural Environment Research Council)

Courses

• a.a. 2020-2021 Marine Geology (6 CFU), Geology with elements of Sedimentology (2 CFU, laboratory and field activities), Depositional Systems and Sequence Stratigraphy (2 CFU, field activities)

Courses last years

• a.a. 2018-2019 Marine Geology (6 CFU), Geology with elements of Sedimentology (3 CFU: laboratory and field activities)
• a.a. 2017-2018 Marine Geology (6 CFU), Geology with elements of Sedimentology (1 CFU: laboratory and field activities)
• a.a. 2016-2017 Methods for exploring the seafloor (6 CFU), Littoral dynamic (6 CFU), Geology with elements of Sedimentology (1 CFU: laboratory and field activities)
• a.a. 2015-2016 Geology with elements of Sedimentology (6 CFU) 
• 2014-ongoing Lecturer for short courses for Ph.D. and Master students 
• Supervisor/Co-supervisor of 30 Master Thesis in Marine Geology at the Sapienza, University of Rome; University Alma Mater of Bologna; University Blaise Pascal (Clermont Ferrand, France)
• Co-supervisor of 2 Ph.D. Thesis at the University Alma Mater di Bologna and  Dom Luiz Institute at the University of Lisbon

 
Papers
List of papers in Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=it&user=O6OB6bAAAAAJ)

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Citations: 1117; h-index 21 (from Scopus May 2021).
 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0151-6901
SCOPUS: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=26427567000